PATENTS AS QUALITY SIGNALS FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES.

@inproceedings{Hsu2008PATENTSAQ,
  title={PATENTS AS QUALITY SIGNALS FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES.},
  author={David H. Hsu and Rosemarie H. Ziedonis},
  year={2008}
}
To what extent do venture capital (VC) investors use information from patents to assess the quality of new ventures? Using a sample of 370 U.S. semiconductor start-ups, we examine when patents impr... 
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